Dragon Ball Super is a satisfying evolution from its predecessors that isn’t afraid to push the subject matter to particularly lofty places. Goku, Vegeta, and the rest of Earth’s heroes face unprecedented power, while their new transformations and divine enhancements help them stay afloat. Transformations are commonplace in Dragon Ball and it is not surprising that Dragon Ball Super’s continues this tradition.
Many of these villainous transformations give the heroes pause. However, there are also several villain transformations that seem unnecessary, redundant, or derivative of past ideas. They hold Dragon Ball Super backwards rather than pushing it forwards.
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10 Moro absorbed by Earth presents planet-sized peril as forced final complication
Anime Debut: N/A; Debut in the manga: Dragon Ball Super, Chapter 65, “Son Goku, Earthling”
Moro, the planet eater, is the Dragon Ball Super mangas first original villain after the Tournament of Power. Moro, despite its incredible age, still has a distinct design that resonates with audiences. Moro, much like Demon King Piccolo, uses the Dragon Ball to regain his youth, which also restores his magic to peak power. A fierce battle ensues which prompts Vegeta to learn Forced Spirit Fission and Goku to achieve Perfected Ultra Instinct status. Moro’s appearance is much sleeker in his younger form and he makes for an intimidating antagonist. However, Moro’s greed gets the better of him and his compulsion to steal the powers of others, including Ultra Instinct, puts him in an unstable scenario.
Moro decides to merge with Earth and becomes Earth Absorbed Moro. This temporarily allows Moro to deal with the Perfected Ultra Instinct power, but it is not a viable solution. Earth Absorbed Moro is an ugly evolution for the character who becomes a giant rubble-like head that appears to be in perpetual pain. It’s an epic spectacle, even if it comes across as a last-minute attempt to push the heroes out of their comfort zone. At the very least, Earth Absorbed Moro brings out Perfected Ultra Instinct Goku’s giant energy avatar.
9 Legendary Super Saiyan Kale Receives Drastic Power Boost Through Spinoff Transformation
Anime Debut: Dragon Ball Super, Episode 89, “A Mysterious Beauty Appears!” The enigma of the Tien Shin style dojo? » ; Manga debut: Dragon Ball Super, Chapter 37, “Awaken, Super Saiyan Kale”
Dragon Ball Super canonically incorporated Broly, the legendary Super Saiyan of Universe 7, into the franchise. Before this momentous event, Universe 6’s Kale looked like GreatThe attempt to showcase Broly level strength. Kale is the gentlest and most reserved of the top Saiyans in Universe 6, which also includes Caulifla and Cabba. Kale’s reserved nature makes his legendary state as a unleashed Super Saiyan even more interesting. Kale loses his inhibitions and turns into a loose cannon of carnage.
Broly’s legendary transformation into a Super Saiyan seems like a natural extension of his power since he’s already so tough. Kale, on the other hand, has a slim figure that makes the same metamorphosis much more awkward. The Legendary Super Saiyan Kale, while exciting, never ceases to feel uncomfortable and is just a retread of a past idea. Kale’s fusion with Caulifla into Kefla, who channels her legendary Super Saiyan strength in an original and more natural way, is the best transformation.
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From Vegeta’s Super Sayain Blue to Orange Piccolo, many Dragon Ball transformations have appeared out of nowhere.
Anime Debut: N/A; Manga debut: Dragon Ball Super, Chapter 55, “The True Identity of Merus”
An area in which Dragon Ball Super what it excels at is how it returns to past characters and concepts by exploring other members of the same race. The Tournament of Power and the Galactic Bandit Brigade are excellent opportunities for this. It makes sense that there would be some repetition with the aliens and that each new character encountered wouldn’t be something totally unique.
Yuzun of Moro’s Galactic Bandit Brigade is the same species as Zarbon, who also undergoes the same disturbing transformation. Monster Form Yuzun loses the beauty and elegance of Yuzun’s base form, in exchange for greater power. Monster Form Yuzun hasn’t been around for very long and he is eventually taken out by Vegeta, just like Zarbon, but he still suffers from the same issues that held back Zarbon’s transformation.
7 Aged form gas bands support the villain’s power and emphasize his fragility
Anime Debut: N/A; Manga debut: Dragon Ball Super, Chapter 86, “All-Out Bout”
Dragon Ball Supers Granolah the Survivor saga throws a lot at the audience and marks the introduction of True Ultra Instinct Goku, Ultra Ego Vegeta and a treacherous application of the Dragon Balls. Elec, the leader of the Heeter Force, uses the Cereal Dragon Balls to make Gas the strongest individual in Universe 7. Gas doesn’t look like much at first, but he benefits from his barbaric transformation. brutal and aggressive monster. Gas’s Dragon Ball-assisted power increase also translates into his Awakened form, which is a more mature look for the villain.
It is later revealed that the extra power Gas gained causes his body to age rapidly, causing his transformation into Aged Form Gas. Aged Form Gas resembles a living skeleton and is more decrepit than its past forms. Oddly enough, this frail appearance does not necessarily hinder its performance. Aged Form Gas continues to give his all in combat and is even capable of attacking with broken limbs. His body seems incapable of slowing down, which becomes truly frightening. Nonetheless, this skeletal version of Gas is simply heartbreaking to watch and is just a withered husk of his peak power.
6 Fused Zamasu lacks the necessary style
Anime Debut: Dragon Ball Super, Episode 64, “Worship Me! Praise Me! The Explosive Birth of a Fused Zamasu!” ; Manga Debut: Dragon Ball Super, Chapter 22, “Zamas’ Final Trump”
Goku Black and Future Zamasu are two of Dragon Ball Super‘s most determined villains and they eliminate almost all mortals from reality with their overarching plan. Zamasu uses the Super Dragon Balls to steal Goku’s body and teams up with his future self to achieve even greater success. Oddly enough, Goku Black’s Super Saiyan Blue equivalent transformation, Super Saiyan Rose, is actually quite striking.
The same is true for the corrupted version of Fused Zamasu and the depiction of Infinite Zamasu in the anime. However, the standard Fused Zamasu isn’t particularly memorable. This Potara fusion technically involves two versions of the same character, so Fused Zamasu isn’t much different from Future Zamasu aside from wearing Goku Black’s tunic and having similar hair. Fused Zamasu also gets a divine halo that helps emphasize his increased power, but a design that better combines Goku Black and Future Zamasu would be more effective.
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5 Barry Kahn infected by Watagash is a brain dead brute
Anime Debut: Dragon Ball Super, Episode 74, “For My Beloved Ones!” The indomitable Great Saiyaman! » ; Start of manga: N/A
Another fun sequence of filler episodes in Dragon Ball Super puts Gohan in a very meta situation where he participates in a Great Saiyaman feature film. Gohan clashes with Barry Kahn, the selfish A-lister who plays Saiyaman in the film. Barry orchestrates a small blackmail scheme that attempts to separate Gohan and Videl so that she chooses him instead. Additionally, a parasitic alien fugitive who escaped to Earth, Watagash, bonds with Barry and causes a monstrous transformation.
Watagash Infected Barry Kahn is a huge threat who is the kind of transformation perfect for a blockbuster superhero movie. However, in the greatest Dragon Ball context, this transformation is bland. Watagash Infected Barry Kahn seems like any generic tough guy that Goku would casually beat up in a random episode before the real story begins. Watagash Infected Barry Kahn is also left in a mental fog, so he lacks the intelligence to be truly dangerous. It’s just a blunt weapon.
4 Miza Iwaza Kikaza Fusion is a confusing fusion that plays like a gag
Anime Debut: N/A; Manga Debut: Dragon Ball Super, Chapter 57, “Battles Abound”
Dragon Ball SuperThe Galactic Patrol Prisoners Saga unleashes literally hundreds of new villains as Planet-Eater Moro frees all of the Galactic Patrol’s prisoners and puts his plan into action. Many battles are happening at the same time as Moro takes advantage of this chaos and Dragon BallSupport heroes must help mitigate the danger. A particularly interesting battle breaks out between Master Roshi and three female members of Moro’s bandit brigade, Miza, Iwaza and Kikaza.
This becomes an exciting opportunity for Master Roshi to harness his fickle Ultra Instinct powers, which he accomplishes by blindfolding himself and trusting his senses. Miza, Iwaza and Kikaza respond with a mysterious three-way fusion that transforms them into a massive hybrid. A three-way merge is certainly interesting, but it is executed with a rather crude transformation. The Miza Iwaza Kikaza Fusion is likely stronger than before, even if this metamorphosis is played for laughs and is easily neutralized.
3 Golden Frieza begins a recurring pattern of superficial color swaps
Anime Debut: Dragon Ball Super, Episode 25, “A Full Throttle Battle!” The Vengeful Golden Frieza”; Manga debut: Dragon Ball Super, Chapter 37, “Awaken, Super Saiyan Kale”
Frieza was an iconic villain of Dragon Ball Z which truly popularizes the franchise’s tradition of powerful villains going through numerous transformations before reaching their final, strongest state. Many powerful villains came after Frieza, but his surprise resurrection and prolonged persistence in Dragon Ball Super reinforces the idea that he’s the closest thing anime has to a central villain. A power increase for Frieza is needed in Dragon Ball Supergiven that Goku and Vegeta have harnessed divine ki and its corresponding transformations, such as Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan Blue.
A new transformation for Frieza holds a lot of potential, especially because all of his previous forms are so diverse. Unfortunately, Dragon Ball Super decides that Frieza’s fourth form is recognizable enough that there is no need to deviate from this design. Frieza’s subsequent Golden Frieza, True Golden Frieza, and Black Frieza are all derivative palette swaps that lack the inspiration of his previous forms. Something in the vein of Cooler’s Fifth Form would have been a more successful development.
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2 Ribrianne transforms totemic transformations into a profound farce
Anime debut: Dragon Ball Super, episode 117, “Love Showdown! Androids vs. the 2nd Universe!” ; Manga Debut: Dragon Ball Super, Chapter 33, “Survival in the Universe! The Tournament of Power Begins!!”
One of the most exciting details about Dragon Ball SuperThe Tournament of Power is that many of the universes involved in this free-for-all battle royale draw on contrasting themes and subgenres. Universe 2, for example, adopts a magical girl setting and several of its Kamikaze Fireball characters look like they came out of a shojo series. Brianne de Chateau, the leader of the team, experiences a magical and humorous girl transformation that turns her into Ribrianne. Ribrianne has become one of the Dragon Ball Super‘s most controversial characters, as she appears more as a gag character than a real threat.
Ribrianne draws her strength from the power of love and undergoes even more ridiculous transformations, such as Lovely, Love, Love Ribrianne, who towers over the tournament arena like a giant. The Universe 3 group’s transformation into Anilaza proves that giant transformations can succeed. Ribrianne continually doubles the same gag. Curiously, Ribrianne does not experience the same degree of transformation Dragon Ball Superfrom the manga, where Ribrianne is her base form and there is no “normal” state of Brianne de Château.
1 Duplicate Vegeta is a disappointing double
Anime debut: Dragon Ball Super, episode 44, “The Seal of Planet Pot-Au-Feu, the Secrets of Unleashed Superhuman Water!” ; Start of manga: N/A
Dragon Ball loves playing with evil doubles and corruption arcs where trusted individuals go through moral crises. Dragon Ball relishes any opportunity to bring Vegeta back to the dark side and engage in the fight between him and Goku. There’s a controversial filler mini saga Dragon Ball Super where a stop on the planet Potaufeu sees Vegeta being picked up by a sentient liquid weapon known as Commeson. Commeson’s infection of Vegeta results in the creation of a duplicate Vegeta, which may not be explicitly a new transformation, but it’s still a new villainous form for Gotenks and Goku to adopt.
Duplicate Vegeta lacks the personality of Vegeta’s previous possessions, such as Baby Vegeta. He’s apparently just a purple, slimy clone of Vegeta. Super Saiyan Blue Duplicate Vegeta’s hair certainly goes well with his purple design. However, this is still a lazy transformation that does the bare minimum. Duplicate Vegeta’s only saving grace is that Dragon Ball SuperThe English dub uses Vegeta’s original voice actor, Brian Drummond, to play the role.
With Majin Buu’s defeat six months prior, peace returns to Earth, where Son Goku (now a radish farmer) and his friends now lead peaceful lives.
- Release date
- January 7, 2017
- Cast
- Masako Nozawa, Takeshi Kusao, Ryô Horikawa, Hiromi Tsuru
- Seasons
- 5